2022 Texas Baseball

[torre 1285]

Baseball America projection.    #2 Seed in South Bend with ND, Iowa, Ball St matched with aggy regional.  (if so,  go ahead and make your hotel/flight reservations for Omaha)

D1 Baseball @ Fayetteville, with Ark, SE Mizzou, La Tech vs Miami regional

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2022-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-51822/

https://d1baseball.com/postseason/2022-field-of-64-projections-may-18/

PROJECTED FIELD OF 64
Knoxville, Tenn.		Hattiesburg, Miss.
1. (1) Tennessee*^		1. (16) Southern Mississippi*^
2. Georgia Southern		2. Georgia
3. Clemson		3. Coastal Carolina
4. Alabama State*		4. College of Charleston*
Corvallis, Ore.		Charlottesville, Va.
1. (2) Oregon State*^		1. (15) Virginia^
2. Gonzaga*		2. East Carolina*
3. North Carolina		3. Rutgers
4. Long Island*		4. Campbell*
Blacksburg, Va.		Stillwater, Okla.
1. (3) Virginia Tech*^		1. (14) Oklahoma State^
2. Wofford*		2. Dallas Baptist
3. West Virginia		3. LSU
4. Delaware State*		4. Southeastern Missouri State*
Stanford, Calif.		College Park, Md.
1. (4) Stanford^		1. (13) Maryland*^
2. Oklahoma		2. North Carolina State
3. San Diego		3. Liberty*
4. Nevada*		4. Army*
College Station, Texas		South Bend, Ind.
1. (5) Texas A&M^		1. (12) Notre Dame^
2. Texas State*		2. Texas
3. UC Santa Barbara*		3. Iowa
4. McNeese State*		4. Ball State*
Coral Gables, Fla.		Fayetteville, Ark.
1. (6) Miami^		1. (11) Arkansas^
2. Florida		2. TCU
3. Pennsylvania*		3. Louisiana Tech
4. Fairfield*		4. North Dakota State*
Louisville		Nashville
1. (7) Louisville^		1. (10) Vanderbilt^
2. Arizona		2. Connecticut*
3. Mississippi		3. UCLA
4. Wright State*		4. Southern Illinois*
Auburn, Ala.		Lubbock, Texas
1. (8) Auburn^		1. (9) Texas Tech*^
2. Oregon		2. Florida State
3. Georgia Tech		3. Grand Canyon*
4. Davidson*		4. Maine*

* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes regional host

 

D1 Baseball

 

D1Baseball Projected Field of 64: May 11
KNOXVILLE		SPOKANE
1 Tennessee* (1)		1 Gonzaga* (16)
4 Delaware State*		4 Pennsylvania*
2 Connecticut*		2 Oregon
3 Clemson		3 NC State
CORVALLIS		LUBBOCK
1 Oregon State* (2)		1 Texas Tech* (15)
4 North Dakota State*		4 Campbell*
2 Oklahoma		2 LSU
3 Grand Canyon*		3 Arizona
BLACKSBURG		NASHVILLE
1 Virginia Tech (3)		1 Vanderbilt (14)
4 Long Island*		4 Davidson*
2 East Carolina*		2 Southern Miss*
3 West Virginia		3 Liberty*
CORAL GABLES		FAYETTEVILLE
1 Miami* (4)		1 Arkansas (13)
4 Florida A&M*		4 SE Missouri State*
2 Florida		2 Texas
3 Rutgers		3 Louisiana Tech
AUBURN		TALLAHASSEE
1 Auburn (5)		1 Florida State* (12)
4 Maine*		4 Coll. of Charleston*
2 Georgia Southern		2 Georgia
3 North Carolina		3 Coastal Carolina*
STANFORD		SOUTH BEND
1 Stanford (6)		1 Notre Dame (11)
4 UNLV*		4 Ball State*
2 UC Santa Barbara*		2 Dallas Baptist*
3 San Diego		3 UCLA
COLLEGE PARK		STILLWATER
1 Maryland* (7)		1 Oklahoma State (10)
4 Fairfield*		4 Army*
2 Virginia		2 Texas State
3 Old Dominion		3 Georgia Tech
LOUISVILLE		COLLEGE STATION
1 Louisville (8)		1 Texas A&M (9)
4 Wright State*		4 McNeese*
2 Wofford		2 TCU
3 Ole Miss		3 UTSA

Edited May 18, 2022 by torre

[NorthLoop 14196]

So a super in Austin vs the bobcats? 

Edited May 18, 2022 by NorthLoop

[NeverMarryAStripper 21906]

That was my first thought as well

[Fletch 5800]

I’ll take that match up right now thank you very much. 

[Cajun 11705]

4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Well, we're #2 in D1 when it comes to fielding percentage.  If our pitchers -- IF -- can do what Keith & Z & Pierce have been talking about all year, and pitch to contact, we will rarely fuck it up in the field.

The problem is . . .

Yeah, about that "IF"...

[Cajun 11705]

4 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

... a bullpen that can't keep the ball down.

...or throw strikes consistently.

[zlavydra 2121]

11 minutes ago, Cajun said:

...or throw strikes consistently.

And, if throwing strikes consistently, keep the mashed meatballs from traveling more than 330-ish feet down the lines and 390-ish to center.

 

Also, @Fletch: dude, time to give up on Cobb.  He's outside of Pierce's trust circle, apparently.

[Fletch 5800]

Yeah but every time I think Pierce has thrown him away for good….

[Fletch 5800]

And now that you said that@zlavydra Cobb is gonna go 5 shutout against aggy in the regional winner take all game. Excellent excellent reverse jinx

[LTtxfan 49185]

May 18th

 

[LTtxfan 49185]

10 hours ago, Cajun said:

This team has one and only one thing to hang any shred of hope on moving into the post season - a puncher's chance.

Because of hitting.

That's it.

Maybe a "rally critter" ??

Chupacabra ??

 

[LTtxfan 49185]

FKB

 

[Fletch 5800]

23 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

FKB

 

Oh cool, hey everyone! Kirk applauds Pierce for having his baseball team play a live baseball game like real programs do, not chickenshit low rent programs like aggy and tcu

[ztejas 43425]

I was really impressed with how Pierce showed up wearing pants and not smoking in the dugout. 

Edited May 19, 2022 by ztejas

[jimmyjazz 45920]

4 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I was really impressed with how Pierce showed up wearing pants and not smoking in the dugout drinking in the bullpen.

 

[LTtxfan 49185]

13 minutes ago, Fletch said:

Oh cool, hey everyone! Kirk applauds Pierce for having his baseball team play a live baseball game like real programs do, not chickenshit low rent programs like aggy and tcu

 

[LTtxfan 49185]

 

[jimmyjazz 45920]

I'm glad Pierce said that.  It's such a pussy move to cancel games because of an RPI hit, and let's be honest, it's not the minor hit with a victory they're concerned about -- it's the bigger hit with a loss, and we all know baseball, any game is a potential loss.

Good for us.  Play 'em and deal with the consequences.

[Fletch 5800]

9 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm glad Pierce said that.  It's such a pussy move to cancel games because of an RPI hit, and let's be honest, it's not the minor hit with a victory they're concerned about -- it's the bigger hit with a loss, and we all know baseball, any game is a potential loss.

Good for us.  Play 'em and deal with the consequences.

Yeah Pierce is a man about this kind of stuff. He’s always looking for more innings and reps. Some of his early scheduling was absurd. Glad we reeled it back some. 
 

Curious how we approach the conference tournament. We normally go like 1-2 or so under Pierce which is the way I like it. Get home and rest up. But this team runs off confidence. Winning the conference tournament after (hopefully) sweeping Kansas and finishing the regular season on an 8-1 run would give us a much needed confidence boost. I’m not as excited about this postseason as I was in, say, 04, but man I’m ready to see this lineup and Hansen and Gordon perform on the big stage. And if we go on a run, who’s the hero we need but don’t deserve? Morehouse? Stevens? Harrison? Which bottom half of the lineup guy goes on a tear? Campbell? Messinger? I’m looking forward to it.

[jimmyjazz 45920]

I gotta be honest, I like the idea of tournament play behind two lefties.

[zlavydra 2121]

Hegarty is a capable pitcher, but the rest of their staff is horrendous.

[Steamboat1874 4058]

19 hours ago, torre said:

Baseball America projection.    #2 Seed in South Bend with ND, Iowa, Ball St matched with aggy regional.  (if so,  go ahead and make your hotel/flight reservations for Omaha)

D1 Baseball @ Fayetteville, with Ark, SE Mizzou, La Tech vs Miami regional

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2022-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-51822/

https://d1baseball.com/postseason/2022-field-of-64-projections-may-18/

PROJECTED FIELD OF 64
Knoxville, Tenn.		Hattiesburg, Miss.
1. (1) Tennessee*^		1. (16) Southern Mississippi*^
2. Georgia Southern		2. Georgia
3. Clemson		3. Coastal Carolina
4. Alabama State*		4. College of Charleston*
Corvallis, Ore.		Charlottesville, Va.
1. (2) Oregon State*^		1. (15) Virginia^
2. Gonzaga*		2. East Carolina*
3. North Carolina		3. Rutgers
4. Long Island*		4. Campbell*
Blacksburg, Va.		Stillwater, Okla.
1. (3) Virginia Tech*^		1. (14) Oklahoma State^
2. Wofford*		2. Dallas Baptist
3. West Virginia		3. LSU
4. Delaware State*		4. Southeastern Missouri State*
Stanford, Calif.		College Park, Md.
1. (4) Stanford^		1. (13) Maryland*^
2. Oklahoma		2. North Carolina State
3. San Diego		3. Liberty*
4. Nevada*		4. Army*
College Station, Texas		South Bend, Ind.
1. (5) Texas A&M^		1. (12) Notre Dame^
2. Texas State*		2. Texas
3. UC Santa Barbara*		3. Iowa
4. McNeese State*		4. Ball State*
Coral Gables, Fla.		Fayetteville, Ark.
1. (6) Miami^		1. (11) Arkansas^
2. Florida		2. TCU
3. Pennsylvania*		3. Louisiana Tech
4. Fairfield*		4. North Dakota State*
Louisville		Nashville
1. (7) Louisville^		1. (10) Vanderbilt^
2. Arizona		2. Connecticut*
3. Mississippi		3. UCLA
4. Wright State*		4. Southern Illinois*
Auburn, Ala.		Lubbock, Texas
1. (8) Auburn^		1. (9) Texas Tech*^
2. Oregon		2. Florida State
3. Georgia Tech		3. Grand Canyon*
4. Davidson*		4. Maine*

* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes regional host

 

D1 Baseball

 

D1Baseball Projected Field of 64: May 11
KNOXVILLE		SPOKANE
1 Tennessee* (1)		1 Gonzaga* (16)
4 Delaware State*		4 Pennsylvania*
2 Connecticut*		2 Oregon
3 Clemson		3 NC State
CORVALLIS		LUBBOCK
1 Oregon State* (2)		1 Texas Tech* (15)
4 North Dakota State*		4 Campbell*
2 Oklahoma		2 LSU
3 Grand Canyon*		3 Arizona
BLACKSBURG		NASHVILLE
1 Virginia Tech (3)		1 Vanderbilt (14)
4 Long Island*		4 Davidson*
2 East Carolina*		2 Southern Miss*
3 West Virginia		3 Liberty*
CORAL GABLES		FAYETTEVILLE
1 Miami* (4)		1 Arkansas (13)
4 Florida A&M*		4 SE Missouri State*
2 Florida		2 Texas
3 Rutgers		3 Louisiana Tech
AUBURN		TALLAHASSEE
1 Auburn (5)		1 Florida State* (12)
4 Maine*		4 Coll. of Charleston*
2 Georgia Southern		2 Georgia
3 North Carolina		3 Coastal Carolina*
STANFORD		SOUTH BEND
1 Stanford (6)		1 Notre Dame (11)
4 UNLV*		4 Ball State*
2 UC Santa Barbara*		2 Dallas Baptist*
3 San Diego		3 UCLA
COLLEGE PARK		STILLWATER
1 Maryland* (7)		1 Oklahoma State (10)
4 Fairfield*		4 Army*
2 Virginia		2 Texas State
3 Old Dominion		3 Georgia Tech
LOUISVILLE		COLLEGE STATION
1 Louisville (8)		1 Texas A&M (9)
4 Wright State*		4 McNeese*
2 Wofford		2 TCU
3 Ole Miss		3 UTSA

These projections are as worthless as the NCAA Basketball Tournament projections are.

They don't mean shit, pluse a lot will happen between now and selection Sunday.

[Steamboat1874 4058]

8 hours ago, Fletch said:

Yeah Pierce is a man about this kind of stuff. He’s always looking for more innings and reps. Some of his early scheduling was absurd. Glad we reeled it back some. 
 

Curious how we approach the conference tournament. We normally go like 1-2 or so under Pierce which is the way I like it. Get home and rest up. But this team runs off confidence. Winning the conference tournament after (hopefully) sweeping Kansas and finishing the regular season on an 8-1 run would give us a much needed confidence boost. I’m not as excited about this postseason as I was in, say, 04, but man I’m ready to see this lineup and Hansen and Gordon perform on the big stage. And if we go on a run, who’s the hero we need but don’t deserve? Morehouse? Stevens? Harrison? Which bottom half of the lineup guy goes on a tear? Campbell? Messinger? I’m looking forward to it.

If we want to host a regional we need to win the Big XII tournament and that is how we should approach it.

 

[NorthLoop 14196]

So what does this conversation look like if we drop one against KU?

[Hookem2147 21231]

35 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

So what does this conversation look like if we drop one against KU?

That hurts from a RPI perspective but we wouldn’t drop in the rankings if we still won the series. Although I guess at this point rankings don’t mean anything.

[zlavydra 2121]

1 hour ago, NorthLoop said:

So what does this conversation look like if we drop one against KU?

KU has won 4 conference games. Three of those were Friday games in which Hegarty pitched a CG or went 8 innings (WV, KSU and Baylor).  The other was a Sunday victory at Lubbock in which they hit Tech's Sunday guy hard.  

[Js1 85325]

1 hour ago, NorthLoop said:

So what does this conversation look like if we drop one against KU?

 

34 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

That hurts from a RPI perspective but we wouldn’t drop in the rankings if we still won the series. Although I guess at this point rankings don’t mean anything.

We ain't hosting or in the convo if we drop one to KU. 

Already on the outside looking in, needing to win the conference tournament.  I don't see it happening at all. 

[Fletch 5800]

2 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

If we want to host a regional we need to win the Big XII tournament and that is how we should approach it.

 

Not that I don’t care, just the hosting ship sailed after we sucked ass against tcu and okie state. Would obviously still love to host but fuck it. I wouldn’t mind blowing up some top 16 seeds season. Especially sayyyyyy aggy or arky 

[TrashMaster G 17554]

3 hours ago, zlavydra said:

KU has won 4 conference games. Three of those were Friday games in which Hegarty pitched a CG or went 8 innings (WV, KSU and Baylor).  The other was a Sunday victory at Lubbock in which they hit Tech's Sunday guy hard.  

A lot of teams have hit Tech hard on Sundays.

[shadow_operative 15932]

just saw Tulo on MLBN saying that "MLB teams are crazy if Ivan Melendez isn't the first hitter drafted." love seeing that. 

[Had Enough 2081]

just saw Tulo on MLBN saying that "MLB teams are crazy if Ivan Melendez isn't the first hitter drafted." love seeing that. 

I ain’t no scout, but I have a difficult time imagining 100+ plus dudes worth drafting ahead of Melendez.

In what way does he grade negatively? He’s shown marked improvement this year offensively and defensively.

And it’s not like he’s getting hitting instruction from a dude unfamiliar with the pro game.

[shadow_operative 15932]

Tulo also said something to the effect of Ivan "being up there with the best hitters i've ever played with". said he's "different" in the cage. super high praise from Tulo.

[ztejas 43425]

10 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

I ain’t no scout, but I have a difficult time imagining 100+ plus dudes worth drafting ahead of Melendez.

In what way does he grade negatively? He’s shown marked improvement this year offensively and defensively.

And it’s not like he’s getting hitting instruction from a dude unfamiliar with the pro game.

He hits for power and gets on base at a good clip when he doesn't. He doesn't chase or swing at junk or get into slumps. He hits pitches all over the zone and can hit opposite on occasion. I don't think he's had more than a couple bad plays on D all season. He's as close to a complete college first baseman as you'll ever see. I think the only knock on him is that he's 22. 

[TrashMaster G 17554]

5 hours ago, ztejas said:

He hits for power and gets on base at a good clip when he doesn't. He doesn't chase or swing at junk or get into slumps. He hits pitches all over the zone and can hit opposite on occasion. I don't think he's had more than a couple bad plays on D all season. He's as close to a complete college first baseman as you'll ever see. I think the only knock on him is that he's 22. 

Too old to start the Jedi training?

[Levi 2586]

10 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

Too old to start the Jedi training?

[Fletch 5800]

6 hours ago, ztejas said:

He hits for power and gets on base at a good clip when he doesn't. He doesn't chase or swing at junk or get into slumps. He hits pitches all over the zone and can hit opposite on occasion. I don't think he's had more than a couple bad plays on D all season. He's as close to a complete college first baseman as you'll ever see. I think the only knock on him is that he's 22. 

I always wondered what it’d be like to see a Pujols type play in college. I think we’re witnessing that now. He’s got Aaron Judge level potential 

 

[ClubWhatever 12140]

Start Gordon as your #1 from here on out. 

[WinningIsHard 4031]

I bought my wife an explorer from bluebonnet ford in New Braunfels, and the sales manager told us that it was a courtesy vehicle due to it being driven by David Pierce. He said they get to drive brand new vehicles for a couple thousand miles and then ford dealerships around the area sell them as courtesy vehicles. Not totally on topic but kind of lol. If we continue to find ways to shit the bed I'll catch him crossing a street in Austin and run his ass over with it. 

[Js1 85325]

Wat 

[NorthLoop 14196]

 

[TrashMaster G 17554]

2 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

Start Gordon as your #1 from here on out. 

Why?

[torre 1285]

Congratulations to the new graduates !

 

Coy Cobb,  Phy Cult & Sports,  minor in Business

Justin Eckhardt,  Geological Sciences

Doug Hodo,  Sports Mgmt,  minor in Business

Eric Kennedy,  Corp Communications

Ivan Melendez,  Corp Communications

Skyler Messinger,  Strategic Comm, (grad certificate)

Murphy Stehly,  Strategic Comm, (grad certificate)

Tristan Stevens,  Strategic Comm (grad certificate)

Former players:

Lance Ford,  Finance

Caston Peter,  Finance

Ryan Reynolds,  Phys Cult & Sports,  minor in Business

UT Athletics announces 2022 Spring Commencement participants - University of Texas Athletics (texassports.com)

 

 

 

 

[ClubWhatever 12140]

1 hour ago, TrashMaster G said:

Why?

He’s been better than Hansen.  Best chance to stay out of losers bracket at start of tournament. 

[Hookem2147 21231]

RPI check:

Current- 21

Predicted- 20

This doesn't include any conference tournament matchups so it's basically just projecting we win the next two.

We really need Bama to take a game against Arkansas and do something in the SEC tournament. They are 56 in RPI and it would be nice if those 3 wins became Q1 wins. 

[jimmyjazz 45920]

Question about school records:  does Titanic have to hit another HR this weekend to tie Russell or does postseason get included?

[Valmy77 13226]

12 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Question about school records:  does Titanic have to hit another HR this weekend to tie Russell or does postseason get included?

The postseason gets included. Russell hit his last homer that year in the Regional against Brown:

https://texassports.com/news/2007/6/1/060107aaa_499.aspx

So Ivan already has tied the regular season record for UT.

But in order to set the post-2002 regular season home run record for the nation I think Melendez has to hit four homers in these last two games.

 

Edited May 20, 2022 by Valmy77

[hobbes2702 13033]

6 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

Start Gordon as your #1 from here on out. 

Wut?

[Valmy77 13226]

Just now, hobbes2702 said:

Wut?

I think he means save your ace for game two, which is a risky strategy I would rather not see us do in the current circumstances. 

Though I guess if we do end up hosting pitching Gordon or Morehouse against a #4 seed might not be the worst idea but I don't know. Every team has one good pitcher, rather not risk a loser's bracket situation with our pitching depth issues.

[hobbes2702 13033]

1 minute ago, Valmy77 said:

I think he means save your ace for game two, which is a risky strategy I would rather not see us do in the current circumstances. 

Though I guess if we do end up hosting pitching Gordon or Morehouse against a #4 seed might not be the worst idea but I don't know. Every team has one good pitcher, rather not risk a loser's bracket situation with our pitching depth issues.

I like the idea of flipping the starters if you’re the 1 seed but I don’t we will be that. Otherwise just a weird statement I think. Lucas has been awesome this year but Pete is the only pitcher we have that can close the door for 9 full innings. He pounds the strikezone, doesn’t give up many hits, and has pitched in big games before. He can give up HRs if he leaves the ball up but that’s the only way people score on him.

[PantsTent 2002]

1 hour ago, Valmy77 said:

The postseason gets included. Russell hit his last homer that year in the Regional against Brown:

https://texassports.com/news/2007/6/1/060107aaa_499.aspx

So Ivan already has tied the regular season record for UT.

But in order to set the post-2002 regular season home run record for the nation I think Melendez has to hit four homers in these last two games.

 

Bought 2 tickets this morning to see the UT record broken tonight.